money compared to the millions that san francisco county transportation authority doles out, some $100,000, but i would like to know why some other independent entity could not do it. why does it have to be the san francisco county transportation authority? thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, sir. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i believe we have same house. take this without objection. >> item 7, increase the amount of the legal services contract with nossaman llp by $330,000 to a total amount not to exceed $960,000 to provide general legal counsel services and authorize the executive director to modify contract terms. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment? seeing none, closed.

safehouse-same call. some of. item eight. >> age, allocate $340,000 and prop k funds with conditions to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for balboa park fast-track intermodal of permits and appropriate 65,000 defender dollars in prop k funds with conditions for the balboa park station areas circulation's study. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment? >> again, at an earlier meeting, i have spoken about this, and i think we're looking at the balboa park station, and we need to look at it in a very holistic manner. and one of the factors that i discussed at the earlier meeting was that we need to connect the third street light rail the other way. right now, it starts at fourth and king and ends in the

middle of visitation valley. we should look forward somehow in the near future, like what you mentioned regarding the other projects, two connected from the middle of nowhere in visitation valley to balboa park. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. in the the public comment? seeing none, closed. safehouse-send all. next. >> item number 9, allocate $4,088,713 in prop k funds would conditions to the center and municipal transportation agency for five projects. one under $24,750 and prop k funds with conditions to the department of the environment one project. $179,000 and prop k funds to the department of public works for one project. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment? the sea in none, public comment is closed.

safehouse-7 col. so moved. next item. >> 10, certified the final environmental impact report pursuant to the california in our middle quality act, improve the findings of fact, a brief statement of overriding consideration, and adopted the avoidance minimize in -- avoidance, minimization, and mitigation monitoring plan for the yerba buena island rams improvement project. action item. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment. >> at an earlier meeting, i had pointed out to the gentlemen who was giving some sort of a presentation that we must all remember that this area we call san francisco belongs to the first people. and in case you ladies and gentlemen do not know who they are, they are the [unintelligible] having said that, at yerba buena

island, hundreds and hundreds of remains are found. so we have people who come and talk about the eir, and they talk about ceqa, and they talk about this, that, and the other, but they do not have the decency to address the cultural or archaeological factors over which they simply override. in fact, if you go to the university of berkeley, uc berkeley, there are over 10,000 remains, and we have this in the year 2011. so all these things, you know, improvements that we call, should be holistic. we should have some compassion. all these things that we build,

they will collapse. but if we, in our arrogance, do not do what is right and there are federal laws that the native american graves and protection act, which the gentlemen it has not read, nor have you so-called representatives, but i am just pointing this out to you because again and again and again in this city and county of san francisco, in our arrogance, we fail to first respect the first people. and secondly, to give them the new honor. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? see none, public comment is closed. some house-7 col. very good. so moved. next item. >> item 11, approved alternative

2b as the preferred alternative for the yerba buena i land grants approved the project. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. safehouse-cent call. >> item 12, ever the 2011 san francisco congestion management program. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? public comment? public comment is closed. same house-7 col. >> item 13, introduction of new items, information item. supervisor mirkarimi: introduction of new items. public comment? public comment is closed. next item. >> item 14, public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment on public comment. ca none, public comment is [closedislaughs] only the bench is laughing.

the redundancy speaks for itself. all right, public comment is closed. next item -- >> mr. chair, if i may, i do not know this is the right time or place to do this, but i wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your service as chair of the transportation of authority, and i appreciate the work that you and your staff have done. i see that there have been many accomplishments. i want to wish you the best in your future endeavors and look forward to continuing to work with you. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: very sweet of you, and thank you. wearing two hats, multiple hats for step, i certainly want to recognize that added responsibility for staff and interns and everybody else for help manage the duties and responsibilities of the transportation authority, while we recognize the ta staff.

and my own staff have had to manage and cope with those responsibilities. thank you to all, your staff, for helping you all where that extra hat, too. so thank you, supervisor campos. i believe we are done. >> item 15. supervisor mirkarimi: excellent. fantastic holiday, new year, and this meeting is adjourned. >> this is our costume shop.

we build all of the clothes for all of our shows. we have been in this building for 13 years. it is an amazing locally hired, locally sourced workspace with amazing artisans. we build all the clothing. we use them in our performances. it is an amazing rental facility. we rent costumes to everybody for halloween, opera companies, theater companies, all over the city and country. it has always been a hive of activity. it was the brainchild of our director that we use the front space as a performing space. we really want to make a contribution to the incredible thing is happening in san francisco, the revitalization of the corridor, through the arts. i want to give a big shout out to all of the artists who are

here. i know i am predicting a bunch of view. there are wonderful, local artists who have been in this neighborhood for a long time. we want this to be a place where artists can gather. lots of different groups can rent the space. feel free to pass the word along. we are flexible. we can perform in different configurations. we have had lots of interesting people here. it is a great creative hub for our schools. education is a big part of our lives. we want young artists to think about why they are making the work they are making and for what community they are making it. he has been a partner with us in exploring the neighborhood. [applause]

he is the most patient man ever. he has been looking around and helping us make the connection. i think we're all in for a bright future. we have a fantastic new mayor. charles shultz said last night that the main buzzword he wants for his -- charlotte shultz said last night that the main bus or the ones for his administration is accessible. -- the main buzzword for his administration is "accessible." we are honored and thrilled he is here. we want to welcome him to the stage. [applause] >> congratulations. thank you. welcome, everybody. you have got to know what is going on in my mind. i do not talk a lot about things sometimes because they are very personal. i have to share with you the

level of excitement coming into this store tonight. in preparing, i am feeling the same way as win in college -- when in college and performed in my first drama class. i performed in "butterflies are free." i was 3,000 miles away from my original home, from seattle to maine. i felt like i could do anything i wanted and my friends would not laugh at me. i took drama class. i was really excited. i got to perform. this is kind of how i feel tonight with this opening. it is wonderful. congratulations. act coming to mid market is huge. we have wanted the active arts to be such a great part of this. they have been paired wit.-- the

been a big part of this. to have act joining us in a deliberate move to revitalize the area and make arts the leading factor, to join the great art foundation, burning man, all of the business locating here, it is wonderful. i feel very excited about this. this is another smart thing on behalf of our arts community to join the mayor's office, the office of workforce development. i know amy and jim are excited, the whole crew. [applause] thank you. i share in her staff's excitement when they can make an agreement and get the right funds together. a lot of it is still about

financials. if we can leverage what we have with the excitement that you bring in, we are on our way to a good foundation for revitalization. this community needs it. it has the connection to the soma and tenderloin. i think we're on our way to a very positive, a successful story of how we work together to make this community, alive. you already know what we have done. we have done anchors with twitter. on fifth and market, we have the first of many financial institutions. it is the fifth largest bank in china that has now opened their office on the market street. that is to complement what we're doing your business-wise. that is along the lines of what some of the smaller agencies are

doing. you will hear more about this. dottie's blues cafe will be around the corner. we're committed to the six st. sub-station. you are already seeing the community ambassadors walking the streets. they are greeting people. they're getting to know everybody. please know them by first name. they will be your partners to make everybody feel safe along the street. i have to thank act for taking this opportunity, activating the space, making it available. i know you are an educational institution as well as a performance institution. your masters of the arts program will be delighted to embrace your best grant students as they perform here, really get

their education started. it is the performances and people you bring your that well and live in the area. -- that will enliven the area. i cannot remember what i did with "butterflies are free," but i do remember the excitement of that performance. thank you. congratulations. thank you, everybody, for coming here tonight. [applause] >> we are going to give you a little taste and performance. our board president will introduce it. we have two other great allies here from the unified school district. this is going to be a space for education programs and young people to come in and perform. we're honored am thrilled they are here.

>> thank you so much for joining us today, mayor lee. we're deeply appreciative. you are so encouraging. it is a great launch. i am nancy livingston, i cha ir the board of act. we want to welcome all of you here today, particularly our sister organizations in the arts. we are so thrilled to be putting down serious routes -- roots here. the kind of work that will be done here is very different from what we're doing elsewhere. we have amazing opportunities to do cutting edge work, kind of grassroots and community-based work we do not have the opportunity to do in a 1000 seat theater. we are thrilled to welcome all

of you today. as the mayor indicated and everything you have read in the newspapers, act is dedicated to putting down community roots in a significant and serious way in this area. the costume shop has been here for a while. we are dedicating and inaugurating this brand new space. we have dreams of putting in a second stage in this neighborhood. we want to be good neighbors and good friends. come often. bring your friends. thank you so much for your support today. rusty? [applause] >> we have to think another institution, the irvine foundation. it is making the performances that happen here available to

us. that is really great. it takes a village. it takes fund-raising to make these things happen. the irvine foundation has been awesome to us. thank you to them even though they are not here this evening. we have a special performance tonight. we have our class of 2013, we call them our second year's. they will be doing a musical revue, two songs. if you get a chance to come see it, we would love to have you come back into the space and see it. you can see the full performance tomorrow night at 7:30, friday at 1:00 in the afternoon, saturday at 2:00 and 7:30. we would love to have you come back and see it. it is directed by travis greisler who did "tales of the

city" last year. it is a family affair tonight. we are all here together. we're going to let them come up and do their thing. the exit stage right. -- we exit stage right. [applause] >> please spell chimera? >> can i have a definition? >> highly unrealistic, imaginative.

♪ [vocalizing] ♪ ♪ if i go to washington, will i be on my own? because if i go to washington, who will be my chaperone? ♪ ♪ we always knew you were a winner. we smiled when you smiled. from the beginning when you are

a beginner, you were the perfect child. we always knew you were a champion. if you should feel my [inaudible] blame it on your memories. i love you. i love you and. i love and remember you. i love you.

♪ >> i love you. >> my dad said -- >> i love you. ♪ i love everything about you, dear. maybe it is true. i love you. ♪ ♪ i wrote you a letter. mama, but you didn't react. you never asked me if i joined you in the bombay sun. mama, when are you returning?

i know we agreed. tell me what you are learning. i think dad takes out on me what he wants to take out on you. mama, i think that is angry. i do not know what to do. mama, mama, mama, how i wish you were home. how i wish you were home. i wish you were here. ♪ we always knew you were a winner ♪

♪ i wish you were home ♪ we could not be prouder ♪ ♪ i love you ♪ i love everything about you, dear. baby, it is true. i love you. i love you. i love everything about you. baby, it is true. i love --

>> chimerical. highly unrealistic, highly danceable. -- highly fanciful. >> that is correct. ♪ i love you ♪ [applause] >> ♪ i wish i could go back to college. life was so simple back then. >> ♪ what would i give to go back and live in the dorm with a

meal plan again? >> ♪ i wish i could go back to college. in college, you know who you are. you sit in the sun and think i am going to go far. ♪ ♪ how do i go back to college? i do not know i am any more. >> ♪ i wish i could just drop a class. >> ♪ we could be sitting in the computer lab before the final paper is due, cursing the world,

seeing the rest of the class. ♪ i wish i could go back to collegeby wish i had taken more pictures. >> but if i were to go back to college, then what a loser i would be. oh my god. >> these kids are so much younger than me.

♪ [applause]